Improved toll-collector for grist-mills



F. KLINKERMAN.

Grain Toller V Patented Feb. 23,

Witnesses:

I I v Q I FREDRICH KL-INKERMAN, O'F AURORA, INDIANA. La... P tent N0..87,176, dated Feb m- 23, 1869.

like Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making park of the. same.

To whom it may concern.-

' Be it known thatLFREfJRIGH KDINKERMAN, of Aurora, Dearborn county, Indiana, have invented a new and useful Toll-Collector for Grist-Mills; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,.making part of this'specification.

My invention relates to an automatic device for enabling the owner of a grist-mill to separate and direct into its proper receptacle such proportion of the grain as falls to his share.

Figure 1 is an axial section of a toll-collector embodying my invention.

Figure 2 is a top view of the same, with a portion of the hopper broken away.

A may represe'nt a portion of the floor of the mill, having a circular aperture, a, to receive and hold the principal spout, B, which spout is cylindrical at its upper part, and surmounted by a flange, O, that rests upon an annular seat or ring, D, which encircles the aperture a, and is fastened to the floor by means of screws E, or otherwise. v

The said spout, at itslower portion, is sloped downward and outward,-as shown, and has, in its sloping bottom, 12, and concentric with the aforesaid cylindrical portion, a neck or toll-duct, F, which, extending somewhat above 'the said bottom, 7), afi'ords a seat for my divider, Gr, which consists of a wheel, whose spokes, H, correspond in number with the fraction or portion of grain to be taken for toll.

The huh I of this wheel is flared, and hollowed downward, and has opening into it a duct, J, whose upper end corresponds with the spacebetween two consecutive spokes, so as to enclose exactly one-eighth, or other fraction, as the case may be, of the entire area of the wheel.

The upper end of the wheel receives a. central stud or spindle, is, which projects downward from a bar, K, that extends athwart a hopper, L, whose legs, I, rest partlyupon the ring D,'t o which said hopper is firmly secured by bolts M, and partly upon the flange O of the spout B, which they hold securely in place while permitting of the adjustment or partial rotation of said spout about its axis, so as to discharge in any desired direction.

.Appended to the lower end of the toll-duct F, so as to be capable .of adj ustment about the common axis, is my toll-spout, N.

Projections O and 0, from the spouts B and N respectively, may afiord means of attachment of a rod, cord, or other appliance for adjusting the said spouts, and for holding them to anydesired position.

Thus these spouts can be so adjusted as to discharge into the same or any different bins desired.

When set to discharge into different bins, perfectly proportional distribution of the customers and millers shares of grain is secured, by causing the divider to slowly ,revolve, by means. of a belt,,P, or otherwise.

Q and R are orifices, forlubricating the bearings of the divider.

An inferior modification of my toll-collector may have the spouts B and N fixed instead of adjustable.

I claim herein as new, and of my invention- 1., The rotary divider G, formed, arranged, and op erating, in connection with a duct, J, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of rotary divider G with. centrally-discharging duct J, and spout B with central1yhand.

FREDRIGH KLINKERMAN.

Witnesses:

' Gao. H. KNIGHT,

JAMES H. LAYMAN. 

